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Jeanne Muchnick, Daily Voice Deputy Editor, Content, has covered everything from baby advice for Parents Magazine to travel finds for The Rough Guides to human interest features for The New York Times to lifestyle insights for prevention.com. She has been a Senior Editor at top national women's magazines including Woman's World and Woman's Day and was instrumental in the launch of Gannett's InTown, Rockland and Putnam magazines. She is also the author of Dinner for Busy Moms, a 2010 Mom's Award winner. Among her favorite things to write about: Her neighbors and surrounding communities. So email her and fill her in on what's happening near you. And, follow her on Instagram @dailyvoicefeatures.

Jeanne was formerly a deputy editor at Daily Voice.

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Events
Add Your Event To The Daily Voice Calendar, Clarkstown Add Your Event To The Daily Voice Calendar, Clarkstown
Add Your Event To The Daily Voice Calendar, Clarkstown ROCKLAND COUNTY, N.Y. -- Do you want to tell our readers about your organization’s fundraiser? An upcoming Turkey Trot? A sidewalk sale or holiday bazaar? You can add your event -- for free! -- to The Daily Voice's events calendar and let everyone know about it. Click "events" on the left hand side, then "post your event" in the middle of the page. You will then be prompted on what to add. Be sure to click the audience, the towns you want and add a photo.  Contributions take 24 to 48 hours to be approved and are moderated by the Daily Voice staff. Any questions, reach …

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Add Your Event To The Daily Voice Calendar, Northwest Dutchess Add Your Event To The Daily Voice Calendar, Northwest Dutchess
Add Your Event To The Daily Voice Calendar, Northwest Dutchess DUTCHESS COUNTY, N.Y. -- Do you want to tell our readers about your organization’s fundraiser? An upcoming Turkey Trot? A sidewalk sale or holiday bazaar? You can add your event -- for free! -- to The Daily Voice's events calendar and let everyone know about it. Click "events" on the left hand side, then "post your event" in the middle of the page. You will then be prompted on what to add. Be sure to click the audience, the towns you want and add a photo.  Contributions take 24 to 48 hours to be approved and are moderated by the Daily Voice staff. Any questions, reach …

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Lifestyle
Hyde Park's New FDR Library Director Looks Ahead While Looking Back Hyde Park's New FDR Library Director Looks Ahead While Looking Back
Hyde Park's New FDR Library Director Looks Ahead While Looking Back HYDE PARK, N.Y. -- Paul Sparrow, the recently appointed Director of the FDR Library in Hyde Park, is all about teaching the next generation the importance of history. As the father of a high schooler, the LaGrange resident, formerly a senior executive with the Newseum in Washington, D.C., said Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt stood for things that continue to be important today, including racial and gender equality and global conflict. Seeing their documents -- letters, speeches, and memos-- provides the American public with access to the reality of how our government works and brings those s…

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Business
Chappaqua Women Start Shopping Service For Time-Pressed Westchesterites Chappaqua Women Start Shopping Service For Time-Pressed Westchesterites
Chappaqua Women Start Shopping Service For Time-Pressed Westchesterites CHAPPAQUA, N.Y. --- Three Chappaqua women have started a new business based on their personal passion for shopping. Karen Gordon, Gabrielle Zilkha, and Heidi Israel admit they've all been the friend their girlfriends like to go shopping with to help them stylize - or find -- an outfit. And so, they decided to take that talent and form an online company that helps women do just that. StyleCerfer, which officially formed in November, is based on the desire to help time-pressed women look for clothing and accessories. The service also helps those that need feedback on their style.  "Many…

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Business
After 9 Years In Business, The Toy Room In Bethel Keeps It Playful After 9 Years In Business, The Toy Room In Bethel Keeps It Playful
After 9 Years In Business, The Toy Room In Bethel Keeps It Playful BETHEL, Conn. -- Being "spacially challenged" (at 710 square feet) means Kimberly Ramsey, the owner of The Toy Room in Bethel has to pick and choose her inventory carefully."It tends to rotate through quickly," she said.  And while needs certainly change, she said arts and crafts tends to be her best selling section. "Creativity is so important for the brain and not just limited to kids; I have quite a few adults who come in for things for themselves too," she said. Also popular: the game section. "My family spends a lot of time at home playing games so I'…

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Business
Mall Manager At The Shops At Nanuet Reflects On Two Years Of Business Mall Manager At The Shops At Nanuet Reflects On Two Years Of Business
Mall Manager At The Shops At Nanuet Reflects On Two Years Of Business NANUET, N.Y. -- Ryan Hidalgo remembers growing up in Garnerville and spending days and weekends at the Nanuet Mall.  "It was my mall growing up," he said. "I had my first job at the Disney store there." It's also where he met his wife. Now an Orange County resident, he's the Mall Manager of the reinvented The Shops at Nanuet, which turned two Oct. 10. Though Hidalgo has fond memories of the "old," he said the competitive enviornment has changed dramatically over the years, making the concept of a community shopping center something that was ripe for this area.…

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Lifestyle
X-Planations: Peter X. Kelly Salutes Fellow Rocklander Bill Murray X-Planations: Peter X. Kelly Salutes Fellow Rocklander Bill Murray
X-Planations: Peter X. Kelly Salutes Fellow Rocklander Bill Murray PIERMONT, N.Y. -- As a great fan of David Letterman, not to mention Bill Murray, I was ecstatic to watch my friend Bill's final performance on the Letterman show. Knowing that Bill and Dave are good friends, I knew their last TV appearance would be special. I suggested to Bill that he have a final on-air toast to Dave using our Slovenia vodka, in my opinion the best vodka being made in the world. When, just a few minutes into the interview, Bill pulled out a bottle and suggested that Dave “Cannonball it,” I was jumping up and down. While Bill has been a friend and our "Ambassador o…

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Neighbors
Stamford Make-Up Artist Goes 'Mad' For Halloween Stamford Make-Up Artist Goes 'Mad' For Halloween
Stamford Make-Up Artist Goes 'Mad' For Halloween STAMFORD, Conn. -- Oh, to be a makeup artist on Halloween. Stamford resident Paula Ortego knows how to use makeup to its best effects and so she and her husband dressed as a mad scientist and patient. Go to www.blastmakeup.com for more on her business and maybe next Halloween, give her a call.

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Business
Trumbull Woman Uses Grandmother As Muse For Cookie Company Trumbull Woman Uses Grandmother As Muse For Cookie Company
Trumbull Woman Uses Grandmother As Muse For Cookie Company TRUMBULL, Conn. - Talk about a fashionable cookie. Trumbull resident Andrea Greene likes to say she went from "cashmere to cookies." A longtime fashion and retail designer who has worked for Ralph Lauren, Old Navy and Club Monaco, among others, Greene got the idea of starting a cookie company when working crazy hours at Abercrombie & Fitch, or, as she calls it, "Amberzombie." "Decorating cookies was my outlet," she said, and reminded her of long ago Sundays when she baked with her grandmother.  What started as a passion project has grown into a 5-year-old …

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Business
Owners Of The Blue Olive In Pawling Stress Education First, Selling Second Owners Of The Blue Olive In Pawling Stress Education First, Selling Second
Owners Of The Blue Olive In Pawling Stress Education First, Selling Second PAWLING, N.Y. -- The Blue Olive, a gourmet olive oil shop in Pawling, is about to sport a sister. This, after only a year and a half in business. According to Co-Owner John Canevari, a location in Millerton has been selected with the hopes of opening soon after the new year. First, however, there are other things on the agenda. The store's e-commerce site is about to launch and there are a host of upcoming events, including one on Friday, Nov. 20 at 6:30 on cooking with olive oils for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Another one, on "Olive Oil 101" explaining the uses of oils will be h…

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